Q1. Consider the following statements about the Ramsar designation process: 1. A wetland meeting at least one Criterion for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance can be designated for the Ramsar List. 2. Information on a country’s first Ramsar Site is sent with accession documents to UNESCO, the Convention’s depositary. 3. A private landowner can directly add a site to the Ramsar List without action by the national authority. 4. Article 2.2 refers to international significance in ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology, not only waterfowl counts. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Explanation
Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect because the Ramsar designation page says designation is by the appropriate national authority.